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WHY MORMON MEN CAN’T BE TRUSTED — A ex-Mormon woman looks back at the Church. PLUS It’s fifty years since the Port Huron statement. Alexander Cockburn on the origins of SDS and one of the crucial documents of the 1960s. PLUS Two ounces of oil + a fishing boat + Homeland Security Incident #995038 = the onward march of totalitarianism in America. Read Captain Knutson’s story.
What I'm Listening to This Week
Playlist
1. Wayne Shorter Beyond the Sound Barrier (Verve/2005)
2. David Vest — Serve Me Right to Shuffle (Trillium Records/2005)
3. Kinky Friedman & Billy Joe Shaver — Live from Down Under (Sphincter Records / 2002)
4. Ornette Coleman & Pat Methany — Song X: Remastered (Nonesuch/2005)
5. Kathleen Edwards — Back to Me (Zoe Records/2005)
6. Otis Taylor — Below the Fold (Telarc/2005)
7. Charlie Haden & the Liberation Music Orchestra — Not in Our Name (Verve/2005)
8. Dixie Cups — Complete Red Bird Recordings (Varese Records / 2002)
9. Professor Longhair — Crawfish Fiesta (Alligator / 1990)
10. Charlie Poole — You Ain’t Talkin’ to Me (Sony / 2005)